Name: Aromatic Chicken from the Shan Hills (Khua Haeng)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Myanmar (Burma)
Ingredients: ⅔ cup chopped garlic; 1 cup sliced white or yellow onion; ¼ cup peanut oil or vegetable oil; One 3- to 3½-pound chicken, chopped into small pieces (see A Note on Chopped Chicken) and rinsed; About 1 tablespoon salt; ½ cup sliced ginger; 2 dried red chiles, stemmed; ½ cup coriander leaves, finely chopped; 2 Roma (plum) or other fleshy tomatoes, cut into small wedges (about 8 per tomato); ⅓ cup very fresh tender young lime leaves; 1 tablespoon turmeric; 3 stalks lemongrass, trimmed, smashed, and sliced into 1-inch lengths

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Burma

By Naomi Duguid

Published 2012

About

What always strikes me about the recipes from the Shan repertoire is how economical they are for the cook. Often there’s only one pot needed, and the techniques involved extract the maximum flavor from the ingredients in a short time.

For this dish, there’s no marinade, no waiting around, just a quick first frying of the chicken with flavorings, and then the addition of aromatics for the last fifteen minutes or so as it cooks to tender succulence. Serve with rice or over noodles, wi